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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1924.
OPIUM TRAFFIC.
MENAGE TO AUSTRALASIA TEARED,
POLICE MAKE ARRESTS.
VISITORS DEPART.
MALAYAN ORICKETERS LEAVE TODAY.
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'SINGAPORE'S ALÒRETS.
A dyed in the wool imperialist, the word republicanism is anathema to him-especially when it refers, to what is supposed to be the regime in Peking and Canton. Mr. Ku is at present in Japan, where he is to deliver a series of lectures" at the invitation of the Daito Bunkwa Shokai (Great Asia
Wagga, N.SW, October - By the P&O). 8.8. "SardinisTM Society)."China will never be a For a long time it has been sus-the Mayan cricket team returned BUCCESS
A Republic. pected by the police that a to Singapore this morning. monarchy is the proper thing for extensive traffic in opium has been those who took part in the contests China, and republicanism is carried on in the inland districts. here with the exception of Flight- simply impossible to attain The police believe that Wagga has Lieut. G. E. Liyock were among success," he said to a pross corres-been a distributing centre for the the passengers. pondent in Tokyo. "Republicanism opium ring for the Riverina,
Regret Defeat. will never do China any good. It is known that there are
Thus the Singapore Her people are essentially con-opin smokers in the district, servative, and only a monarchical mostly aged Chinese gardeners, but I'ress" of November 19:
The defeat of Malaya by Shang- form of government," he said, there has been no evidence yat.of "will restore to China her lost European falling victims to the hai in the second interport match at Hongkong demonstrates in a prestige. Peking is stagnation habit.
"Fred
itself, while Canton is a mongrel Now the polico believe that they very clear cut manner the glorious production of half-baked West- have evidence which will ausblo uncertainty of cricket. When the erniem. Between these two are them to smash the ring, not only Shanghai side had been dismissed the masses of uneducated Chinese. by the detection of small distribu.for 119, the Malayan reply had
produced 208, nad two good oppor A few Chinese with a smattering tors, but of the men higher up.
won.
of Occidentalism are playing, at A man has been arrested and ents had been sens back for ten in being the governors in Peking." remanded on C100 bail, charged the second innings, we were busily Asked what he would prescribe as with having opilm in his posses employed throughout Sunday in a remedy for China's ills, Mr. Kusion. It alleged that when the selecting a goodly number of glow- expressed the view that if China police broke into his house theying encomiume to shower upon did not pull herself out of all the found two tins of the drug in. his Malaya's worthy representatives
victory was and also senseless chaos, which means so pockets,
quantities when the much suffering for the merchants secreted about the house, as well Optimism was, justified. The match seemed all over bar shouting. and peasants, it would be better as a smoking outfit.") If a foreign nation took upon itself Two Chinese have also been Unfortunately, Quayle, Barrett, the task of rustering peace--even arrested on a similar charge, and O'Hom, and their colleagues held an armed and alien peace: Of the police will offer evidenco with decidedly different views, which "direct course it is not likely, at the the purpose, of connecting the two they translated into
etion" on Monday morning. Our moment, that any, Power or groupes.
howling was thrashed in such do of Powers would consider making Finda: In N.Z. Ports.
cisive fashion that the last of eight such a proposal; but, unless peace Auckland, N.Z, October 23.-batsmen was defeated until and order is soon restored it is Recently a Customs officer in the store-board displayed the im- quite feasible that foreign inter- Auckland made the startling state-posing total of 284. Менга. vention may be sought by thement that a considerable trafic in O'Han, Barrett and Company, Chinese themselves. Before now, on to New Zealand was going who, apparently, worn half mea- Mr. Ku Hung-ming has been very on. He suggested that. a powerfulsures, completed our discomfiture anti-foreign in his writings and syndicate was behind the mugby rattling through the Malaya utterances with regard to mission-
eleven for 106, and transformed glers, ary activities, but he has invari- Evidence of the truth of his what appeared on Saturday to be ably expressed the greatest story has been forthcoming during a fatorn hope into A dazzling admiration for British sense of recent weeks. Considerable quen victory. justice and British institutions-ities of opinm were discovered re- Although bitter disappointment not necessarily because he was cently on oversens steamers must be felt all over Malayá, no born in Province Wellesly and Wellington and Lyttelton the one will doubt that our men gave educated in Scotland. There is value of the forbidden drug seized of their best, and the stumpings no reason, therefore, why herning into many hundreds of and catches that figured in the Inst should not entertain similar pounds. At Auckland today, inning. of the nintch"" suggest a certain, from the very nature of respect for foreign" methods of Customs officials ransacked the sporting endeavour to go for the our shipping problems,
which arrived from runs that worthily upholds the to administration in general. He has "Mabeno," enhance greatly. Kowloon's im- seen. the benefits that have Sydney yesterday. They found best traditions of Malavan cricket. accrued to China through foreign eleven ting of opiumh under the Every credit is due to Shanghai for portance in this direction, especi- administration of the Posts and floor of a wardrobe in a saloon such an admirable performance.. ally when the railway service Telegraphs, the Customs, the Saltenbin. The drug was worth over A team that can score 284 after from Canton has been restored, Gabelle and the Railways. At one £100. and goods can been transferred time Mr. Ku himself held an straight from the truck to the appointment under the Inter- steamer, as suggested in the is no reason to doubt the sincerity national Consortium, so that there Fitzmaurice scheme. Naturally of his utterances in Tokyo, these developments will have a profound effect upon Kewloon in a dozen ways, commercial as well as residential, making the main- land much more self-contained and almost giving it a future of its own. Obviously it will then be no longer possible to consider Kowloon merely as a residential quarter, as "flat-land"; and with this new mental attitude must come new methods of dealing with the mainland's special problems. Certainly if Kowloon has not by that time been granted a muni- cipal council, it should at the very least have its own unofficial mem- ber upon the Legislative Council, elected by some such civic body Residents' the Kowloon 28
Local Shipping Customs.
KID LEWIS.
Chinese Fireman Fined. Brisbane, October
23.-Three
option of a fine was imposed upon months' imprisonment without the
Ho Lang, au Asiatic fireman, on
being down 89 on the first innings. and then dismiss their opponents for 108, denotes doughtiness and
how the prominent part that Rameness of a character rarely anİ- A glance at the scores passed.
the steamer Arafura" to-day, for Quayle played in his side's success, and the manner in which he made being found in possession of
hie 113 can be gauged by the fact opium.
Inspector Mamard (for the Cus-that 100 of these runs came from boundaries. Barrett," who must toms said the department was now have reached the veteran
periding a large amount of money
trying to cope with the opium stage, appears to have lost. little of traffic, and he asked for a penalty his caning with the ball, his six
wickets: conting only 32 runs, that would deter others...
Ho Lang, he said, was calmly walking across the wharf on the "Arafura's" arrival vesterday,
In
the Malayan team Brand's 62 was fine performance and in confrnet to the inexpected failure, in batting when he was stopped by a Customs of Tivock, Grenier and Knight. officer. Seven uns of opium were whilst Phavre and Foster are to be found in a belt around his waist, commended for their praiseworthy Later two more tins were found efforts to stem the tide of defent. secreted on him.
INFORMATION SOUGHT.
WHAT ARE INTENTIONS OF CHANG TSO-LIN? -
IS DE AFTER SHANTUNI?
BAD BOYS.
FOUR LADS FINED FOR FIGHTING.
A free fight at Aberdeen Stree yesterday, in which severa Chinese youths were involved! was disturbed by an onlooker An occasional correspondent in blowing two blasts on a police Canton inquiries if there is any whistle. The result was that four truth in a rumour, which he of the offenders were captured and dais, is current in Canton, that brought before Mr. J. R. Wood st Marshal Chang Tso-lin of Man- the Central Magistracy this churia, has designs on Bantung moming..
sula.
TYPHOON WARNING.
GREATER HONGKONG,
Those who hold that Kowloon will eventually become the Colony's main business centre will Association. Nothing less will point to the opening of the Bank meet the mainland's needs. of East Asia's branch in Kowloon yesterday as one of the biggest steps yet made towards the ful- filment of their prophecy. With-
Tuesday's Marine Court pro- out agreeing that the business
secution of a river steamer centre will ever shift across the skipper for omitting to "sign on"
and, particularly, Shantung Fenin- The second, defendant. WAI pointed out by his colleagues_ES. harbour, leaving the island to seventeen native members of his
He has been informed that the "bad boy," one of them trying become more or less a residential crew once more brings up, the
Chang Teo-lin, by asking for per- to prove this by repeatedly point- quarter, most people will readily question of the dividing line
A Reuter telegram, states that mission for his troope to passing to the chest of the smallest of between owners and masters.
en the lot who could not eat rice larg concede that the mainland has a Strange conditions are to be found in contest for the European through Shantung province
championship, route to subjugata recalcitrant night as the result of a blow very big future as an urban in Hongkong river shipping, welter-weight
In Aalog each of them $5, the and Central district, commercial as well as strange, it is admitted, because Milligan has defeated Kid Lewis, Tuchuns in North
circumstances and local the holder. The match took place China, really intends to occupy, the Magistrate warned them to behave
in future..... residential. Already it has made of vast strides in the latter direction peculiarities. To say that on some at Edinburgh on Tuesday, and points of strategic importance in
ships the European master is the victor won the decision on that province, and there is still no sign of the little more than a figurehead is no points. expansion appreciably slowing exaggeration. To facilitate trade down. "Although we cannot and handling of passengers, a visualize the day when all the compradore le necessary. But it is in the ship's complement that. head offices of banks, shipping the master has only a vestige of companies and business hongs will authority. Most Chinese owners TAIKOO SUPPLY NEW A.P.C. information.
AQUILAR VESSEL. be located in Kowloon,we can easily appoint themselves the last court see the time coming when the for decision as to the employment of the native crew. Unfortunately mainland will be populated to the and it is only too true-selec On Tuesday there was launched very foothills that stand sentinetion of a skipper is not usually by The Taikoo Dockyard and against further approach; and we made according to a man's value Engineering Co. of Hongkong, can see the time, too, when but la often influenced by his Ltd., the teskwood twin-screw dwellings will swarm up the sides reputation for putting up with ol'o motor vessel "Sai Shaan" built to custom. This calls for a tactful the order of the Asiatic Petroleum The of these foothills, and seize the policy of least interference a Co. (South China) Ltd. most commanding sites along the policy distasteful to the British vessel is 85 feet long with 18ft. topmost ridges just as they have mercantile marine skipper and Gin, beam and a depth of 6ft 8in, done, and are still doing, with beneficial to none. Nevertheless and is built to suit a limited draft. At a meeting of the Gordon hold forward and one aft arranged Francia Voules, the chairman; the Island's more accessible hiilit is one of the leaset evils which Machinery is amidship and a cargo Malaya Rubber Estates, Ltd, Bir
for, stowage of kerosene oil in tans. estimated that the world comeump today. Such is the future that have to be contended with
Good accommodation suitable for tion of rubber during 1915 migfit lies in store for Kowloon as
one of the sell has been fitted in the 620,000 tona. In view of the a steel deckhouse, while the crew prospective barge increase in non- residential district. Long before
are placed in rooms forward, with sumption: he was of the opinion this, dres
comes true in all its
MA engine room kita amidiinips. The that the compulsory restriction detalle the mainland will have
Fof scheme was not clano omagh, and propelling machinery, consiste
fiffed od thajat, might atrides besides as
We dete of Bent crude oil motors,suga centre. The proposals
which will give o development report
not known yet, but they ar
8801 Ku On Chian.
Professor Ku Hung Edinburgh Up ways Interesting is his and pub
utterances and. subject to a qualine speak than on pres
LAUNCHING.
The namingderemo
Min
That the Mukden warlord has come to B "pretirainary ander standing" with Japanese interests, is also part of the rumour now being discussed in Canton.
The typhoon off Manila has Perhaps students of Chinese since moved West and its direc politice may be able to supply the tlos was given, this morning as
RUBBER.
SUGGESTION TO MODIFY RESTRICTION.
finere
(Reuter's Service;)
London, November 26.
WS.W. According to the Obser vatory, the position at about Ir a.m. to-day was Lat 13 N Long A cable from the Manila Obses- vatory, received at the American Consulate Genaral at 915 Face night, gives the position of the typhoon as Lat 16 N., Long. TIS E, moving in a westerly direction.
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